The elections in Brazil on Sunday have brought to power Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right candidate, who promises to launch a full on assault against the working class. How was this reactionary figure able to win?
This weekend sees the second round of the Brazilian presidential elections. The likely winner will be Bolsonaro, an arch-reactionary. The working class need to mobilise and organise to fight him head on.
The situation in Venezuela is reaching breaking point, with inflation, shortages, and emmigration all increasing. Something has to give. Workers and peasants are beginning to move, indicating the way forward.
The victory for Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his MORENA party in the recent Mexican elections is a huge blow against the ruling class and imperialism.
The situation facing the masses in Venezuela has continued to decline following the re-election of Nicolas Maduro last month. A revolutionary way forward is urgently required.
Despite imperialist meddling, workers, peasants, and the poor in Venezuela turned out to re-elect Nicolas Maduro as president. But the country’s crisis is far from resolved.
Neither the opposition nor the Maduro bureaucracy offers a way forward for Venezuela. The chavista movement needs a genuine revolutionary leadership.
We publish here an editorial statement from Lucha de Clases – the IMT in Venezuela – about the latest moves by US imperialism and the need for a revolutionary alternative to the Maduro bureaucracy.
Alan Woods looks back at the life and revolutionary role of Hugo Chávez, using the 5th anniversary of his death to examine the prospects for the Bolivarian Revolution going forward.
We publish here a statement by Lucha de Clases, the Venezuelan section of the IMT, which discusses the increased aggression and intervention by US imperialism in Venezuela.
Jorge Martin analyses the results of last month’s municipal elections in Venezuela and discusses the perspectives for the country and the Bolivarian movement in the face of economic crisis and bureaucratic state control.
We publish here two articles analysing the latest developments in Venezuela. In the first, Jorge Martin looks at the upcoming municipal elections in Venezuela, which have provided a platform for revolutionaries to oppose the bureaucracy. In the second, Lucha de Clases in Venezuela provide an in-depth analysis of the October regional elections and the perspectives going forward.